Five

fīv, adj. and n. four and one.— n. Five′-fing′er , a name for various plants (cinque-foil, oxlip, .): a species of starfish.— adj. Five′fold , five times folded, or repeated in fives.— ns. Fiv′er ( coll. ), a five-pound note; Five′-square ( B. ), having five corners or angles.— Five Articles , Five Points , statements of the distinctive doctrines of the Arminians and Calvinists respectively—the former promulgated in 1610, the latter sustained by the Synod of Dort in 1619 (see Calvin ism ).— Bunch of fives , the fist. [A.S. fíf ; Ger. fünf ; Goth. fimf ; W. pump ; L. quinque ; Gr. pente , pempe ; Sans. pancha .]